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Hall Render is pleased to announce that the firm was recognized in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA. Hall Render received a Highly Regarded ranking for Health Care nationwide and was ranked for Health Care in North Carolina. Additionally, attorney Joe Kahn was ranked for Health Care in North Carolina. Chambers ranks the leading... READ MORE

Hall Render is proud to announce that Colleen Powers has been selected as an honoree for the Indianapolis Business Journal‘s 2021 Forty Under 40 list. Colleen focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, with an eye towards helping her clients better serve their communities. She also serves in an outside general counsel capacity, working... READ MORE

Hall Render is pleased to announce that five of our attorneys have been elected to American Health Law Association (“AHLA”) leadership positions in 2022. “We truly had an impressive slate of candidates, which made the selection process a difficult one,” said S. Craig Holden, President of the American Health Law Association, “We greatly appreciate... READ MORE

We are just over six months from the effective date of the final rule implementing changes to the regulations impacting Stark “group practices.” CMS delayed the effective date to January 1, 2022, to allow practices time to revise their compensation methodologies and contractual arrangements consistent with the regulations at § 411.352(i). Hall Render attorneys... READ MORE

On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced roughly $1 billion in grants available to eligible community health centers through the Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) Health Center Program. As part of the American Rescue Plan, these grants are specifically designed to fund major construction and renovation projects... READ MORE

On April 8, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility (“SNF”) prospective payment system (“PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2022 (the “Proposed Rule”). In addition, the Proposed Rule includes proposals for... READ MORE

The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) recently made funding available for multi-sector action plans that address social determinants of health (“SDOH”). The grant, titled “Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans”, is designed to support plans that involve governments, private businesses, non-profit and community organizations and health care organizations. The CDC... READ MORE

NATIONAL 200,000 VA patients’ health records found exposed online 6 drugmakers in violation of 340B statute, HRSA says CDC reshuffles COVID-19 response: 7 things to know COVID-19 vaccinations lagging in rural areas, CDC data shows Doctors and the dual-edged sword of virtual health HHS asks Supreme Court to keep site-neutral payment cuts in place... READ MORE

On April 27, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released new buprenorphine practice guidelines entitled, Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder (“Practice Guidelines”), that remove a longstanding requirement tied to practitioner training that has been cited as a barrier to treating larger numbers of individuals... READ MORE

Reimbursement under the new Patient Driven Payment Model, staff background checks, infection control programs, facility-initiated transfer or discharge of a resident and the use of psychotropic drugs are several new skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) areas of audit and focus of Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”). OIG publishes updates... READ MORE